OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — The Office of Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today announced an April state work week Community Conversation in Tulsa. For the event, Lankford wants to ensure everyone has an opportunity to ask questions. Lankford will hold five 30-minute face-to-face conversations with groups of 35 Oklahomans. To accommodate everyone, an online sign-up is required for the event. If you are unable to sign-up online, contact the Oklahoma City office at 405-231-4941.

An online curriculum for studying the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 was launched Feb. 20 at Douglass High School.

Tulsa Sen. Kevin Mathews (D-Tulsa) joined U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) as well as current and former African-American elected officials to outline how the curriculum provides one-day and five-day multimedia lesson plans.

As Black History Month events unfold across the nation, Oklahoma officials unveiled a new curriculum Tuesday designed to make sure the state gives proper coverage to the nation’s worst race riots, in Tulsa in 1921.

In the coming years, the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Commission plans to update the Greenwood District, putting it on the registry of historical places and creating an office space there so people can get involved. Their first priority is educating young people about what happened.

1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Fund is administered as a donor designated fund, a component fund of Tulsa Community Foundation, is established for the charitable purpose of arts and culture, economic development, education , reconciliation and tourism.